23/03/2025
✨️Clipping season is here ✨️
Re-posting my rates for this season, which remain unchanged since 2022.
I 'ummed and ahhed' about needing to increase my rates for this year, but I know everyone is feeling the cost of everything at the moment, so I have decided to absorb the increased costs while I can, as such my rates will remain unchanged.
I know most will say I shouldn't have to 'justify' my rates, but I feel that giving context does help give understanding to costs. I have also tried to make it as fair as possible with making costs dependent on horse/pony size.
So, what am I charging you for?
○ Over 10 years of clipping experience, my experience has given me a pretty unflappable nature around horses, which I have kindly had many compliments on
○ Efficiency, my experience has also developed my efficiency while clipping, I am often kindly told how quick I am, with plaiting and clipping alike - I like to be as fast as possible, whilst balancing time and quality of finish, so that your horse has use their paitence for as little time as possible.
○ Travel - This has to be my biggest cost, I made the mistake of adding up every travel expense for last season recently, and it was very eye-opening.
○ My arsenal of clipping equipment, I have a number of different clippers, all of which are top of the line and regularly serviced, and I have 'spares' that I can call on should anything go wrong with any of my main clippers, so I will NEVER have to leave you with a half clipped horse, due to equipment failure
○ My arsenal of clipper blades, I have 10s and 10s and 10s of clipper blades, again, with enough so that I NEVER risk having to leave a horse half clipped because all of my blades have gone blunt. I also run different clippers/blades dependent on coat type to give the best finish possible, and this arsenal of clippers and clipper blades has been a huge financial outlay.
As always, I appreciate every single one of you that chooses me to clip or plait your horses, and whilst being covered in horse hair for about 3 months of the year solid in the peak of clipping season, is not my favourite part, I love meeting your horses and love that I get to do this 🤍